Explains why Azure App Service doesn't reflect updated settings until a restart and how to fix it.
Explains how to use Named Values in Azure API Management to centralize configuration and avoid hardcoding in policies.
Introducing Varlock, a schema-first tool for validating and managing environment variables in Astro and Vite projects to prevent config errors.
Introducing mcp-wire, a CLI tool that simplifies configuring MCP servers across multiple AI coding agents like Claude Code and OpenCode.
Learn how to reference App Settings (environment variables) directly inside Azure Logic Apps workflows using the @appsetting() expression for better configuration management.
Analysis of Cloudflare's repeated outages caused by global configuration changes, highlighting risks and impact on reliability.
Analysis of Cloudflare's repeated outages caused by global configuration changes, highlighting risks and impact on reliability.
A PowerShell script tutorial for exporting Azure App Configuration key-values to a CSV file for analysis and migration.
A guide for SQL Server DBAs on using Ansible to automate database administration tasks like installation, backup, and user management.
A guide to deploying and managing simple Go web services on NixOS, highlighting benefits over Ansible and Docker for personal projects.
Explains how to use Terraform Locals to streamline and improve readability in Azure infrastructure-as-code configurations.
A Google engineer's 2009 talk on the importance of simplicity in software design, contrasting Google's simple homepage with its complex internal systems.
A guide to robust configuration management in Node.js, covering async loading, schema validation, and avoiding common anti-patterns.
Explores configuration management patterns and anti-patterns for Node.js applications, focusing on security, portability, and maintainability.
How to manage multiple Git identities (work, personal) using conditional includes in .gitconfig for automatic configuration.
Explores advanced tips and lesser-known features for using the env-schema package to manage environment variables and configuration in Node.js applications.
A guide to managing DTAP environments in AWS CDK using YAML configuration files for consistent, parameterized infrastructure deployment.
A developer's first impressions of Nix, comparing it to Ansible for managing software environments and infrastructure as code.
Explores the benefits and various methods of using Git version control to manage and synchronize user configuration files (dotfiles) across multiple systems.
Introduces the .ENV Switcher VS Code extension for easily switching between different development environment configurations.
